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Octordle #37 (November 10, 2026): answers, best opener and a solver line

The eight words from Tuesday, November 10, 2026. Play it first; the answers are folded below. Replays don't affect your streak.

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Octordle #37 was the set of 8 words for Tuesday, November 10, 2026. E (6 boards), A (4 boards), L (4 boards), T (4 boards), H (3 boards) and I (3 boards) appear in more than one answer, so a guess that places them earns colour on several boards at once. FLEET and NEEDY repeat a letter, the kind of word that hides from a one-letter-per-slot habit. Of five common openers, CRATE leaves the smallest total field here: 300 possible answers across the 8 boards after one guess, against 426 for STARE. A plain solver that opens with it and then always guesses the likeliest word on the tightest board finishes in 11 guesses (13 allowed).

Octordle #37 in numbers

Boards8
Letters shared by two or more answers10
Answers with a repeated letter2
Vowels per answer1 · 2 · 3 · 2 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 2
Best of five openersCRATE: 6 green, 13 yellow, 300 candidates left
Solver line11 guesses of 13

Which opener works best on Octordle #37?

For each opener: greens and yellows it would earn across the 8 boards, and how many answers would still fit each board afterwards (smaller is better).

OpenerGreenYellowCandidates left per boardTotal
CRATE6138 · 10 · 47 · 42 · 9 · 59 · 3 · 122300
TRACE4155 · 16 · 47 · 42 · 32 · 58 · 5 · 122327
SLATE5132 · 106 · 30 · 61 · 37 · 3 · 5 · 163407
CRANE51121 · 11 · 45 · 51 · 90 · 127 · 7 · 57409
STARE21511 · 86 · 50 · 47 · 42 · 54 · 21 · 115426
An 11-guess solver line for Octordle #37

Guess 1 is the best opener above; each later guess is the first remaining candidate on the board with the fewest candidates. Boards are numbered 1–8 reading left to right, top to bottom.

  1. CRATE: opener, 300 candidates left in all.

  2. CADET for board 7 (3 candidates left).

  3. CHEAT for board 7 (2 candidates left).

  4. HAREM for board 4 (only one candidate left) — solves board 4.

  5. CHIME for board 2 (only one candidate left) — solves board 2.

  6. TRAWL for board 1 (only one candidate left) — solves board 1.

  7. IDEAL for board 3 (only one candidate left) — solves board 3.

  8. MIRTH for board 5 (only one candidate left) — solves board 5.

  9. CLEAT for board 7 (only one candidate left) — solves board 7.

  10. FLEET for board 6 (2 candidates left) — solves board 6.

  11. NEEDY for board 8 (only one candidate left) — solves board 8.

Boards solved at guess 6, 5, 7, 4, 8, 10, 9, 11.

Octordle #37 answers

Show the eight words

Board 1: TRAWL · Board 2: CHIME · Board 3: IDEAL · Board 4: HAREM · Board 5: MIRTH · Board 6: FLEET · Board 7: CLEAT · Board 8: NEEDY

TRAWL CHIME IDEAL HAREM MIRTH FLEET CLEAT NEEDY

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